Many people are wondering about the ramifications of the digital age on the digital generation. Will the cell phones, Facebook, YouTube, computer generation be harmed in any way? Is this technology hurting students or actually enabling...

This site offers a compreshensive biography on Ralph Ellison by several Harvard students. This site also has a photo and links.

From the World Socialist Web Site, this is a review of Harvard professor Henry Gates' book, "Wonders of the African World." It includes interesting details of Gates' attempts to piece together a view of precolonial African history. (4...

This resource provides the text of George C. Marshall's speech on the Marshall Plan as delivered at Harvard University on June 5th, 1947.

Samuel Adams was born on September 22, 1722, in Quincy, Massachusetts. He entered Harvard College at the age of 14. During the 1760s, Adams became a leader of the Patriot resistance to the British government's attempt to tax the American...

This resource includes two documents: one is written by a senior Japanese immigration officer who discusses Japan's immigration policy options, and the other is written by a Harvard professor who questions the influence of Hispanic...

Poetry in America gathers distinguished interpreters from all walks of life to explore and debate 12 unforgettable American poems. Athletes, poets, politicians, musicians, architects, scientists, actors, entrepreneurs, and citizens of...

How the First Thanksgiving College Football Game Kicked Off a Holiday Tradition. In 1876, Yale beat Princeton before a sparse crowd, but by the mid-1880s, their annual contest was a major social event that attracted thousands of fans in...

A nice, concise biography on the life of Malcolm X from Wikipedia that provides information on his involvement with the Nation of Islam, his leaving the organization, his pilgrimage to Mecca, and his assassination.

Henry Wadworth Longfellow (1807-1882 CE) shows his brilliance through his poetry on this site.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about John Quincy Adams, the sixth President of the United States. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

This site from Boston College provides many examples of High Victorian Gothic style buildings may be viewed and enlarged here, from churches to homes. Information is limited to brief text about specific architects along with location and...

This site is a personal site from John W. Kimball, a Harvard Professor, that contains a brief definition of both topsoil and subsoil. A drawing supplements the text.

This page summarizes a Harvard study about the portrayal of alcohol and tobacco use in animated films geared toward younger audiences. It also summarizes research about films in general and how frequently they show alcohol and tobacco use.

Short article by Harvard M.D. about preventing and vaccinating against Lyme disease.

Famous people who played the viola include Haydn, Jimi Hendrix, and Dudley Herschback, a Harvard professor.

Read an online version of a 1909 Harvard Classics edition of "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin," including the front matter, illustrations, and an introductory note.

Discusses Longfellow's early life, his tenure at Harvard, and looks at many of his poems such as: "Evangeline," "Hiawatha," "Hyperion," and "Miles Standish." Also, provides a link to a bibliography of Longfellow.

This reprint of the Harvard Classics edition includes biographical information, criticism and interpretation by Benjamin Wells and Matthew Arnold, as well as the text of "The Devil's Pool."

The fist African American to earn a PhD from Harvard, W.E.B. DuBois was not only an inspirational and extraordinary individual, but a champion in the fight for equality and the end of racism. Read about his founding of the organization...

Overview of the Internet broadcasting method. Also contains the origin of podcasting, how the term came to be coined, and other uses of podcasting.

An expert in occupational health issues, Dr. Alice Hamilton (1869-1970) was Assistant Professor of Industrial Medicine, Harvard Medical School. After graduating from the University of Michigan, Hamilton did additional research in Germany...

Harvard University biologist Walter Bauer, Chairman of the Whitney Foundation's Scientific Advisory Committee; Rockefeller Institute microbiologist Rebecca Price Craighill Lancefield (1895-1981); and Rockefeller Institute biologist...

Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin (1900-1979), astrophysicist at Harvard College Observatory, was known for her research on stellar spectra